Gabriele Via1, Arif Hussain2, Mike Wells3, Robert Reardon4, Mahmoud ElBarbary5, Vicki E Noble6, James W Tsung7, Aleksandar N Neskovic8, Susanna Price9, Achikam Oren-Grinberg10, Andrew Liteplo11, Ricardo Cordioli12, Nitha Naqvi13, Philippe Rola14, Jan Poelaert15, Tatjana Golob Guliĉ16, Erik Sloth17, Arthur Labovitz18, Bruce Kimura19, Raoul Breitkreutz20, Navroz Masani21, Justin Bowra22, Daniel Talmor10, Fabio Guarracino23, Adrian Goudie24, Wang Xiaoting25, Rajesh Chawla26, Maurizio Galderisi27, Micheal Blaivas28, Tomislav Petrovic29, Enrico Storti30, Luca Neri31, Lawrence Melniker32. 1. Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione 1, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: gabriele.via@winfocus.org. 2. Cardiac Critical Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 3. Division of Emergency Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Netcare Union Hospital Emergency Department, Johannesburg, South Africa. 4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 5. National & Gulf Center for Evidence Based Health Practice, King Saud University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 6. Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 7. Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York. 8. University Clinical Hospital Center Zemun, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. 9. Adult Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 10. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 11. Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 12. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil. 13. Pediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 14. Intensive Care, Santa Cabrini Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 15. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Acute and Chronic Pain Therapy, University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. 16. Department of Cardiosurgery, University Clinical Center of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. 17. Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark. 18. Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. 19. Department of Medical Education, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California. 20. Emergency Department, Hospital of the City of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 21. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom. 22. Emergency Medicine, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sidney, Australia. 23. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 24. Emergency Department, Fremantle, Australia. 25. Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China. 26. Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India. 27. Laboratory of Echocardiography, Cardio-Angiology with CCU, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy. 28. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, St Francis Hospital, Columbus, Georgia. 29. Samu 93, University Hospital Avicenne, Bobigny, France. 30. Intensive Care Unit "G. Bozza," Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy. 31. AREU EMS Public Regional Company, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy. 32. Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a simplified, clinician-performed application of echocardiography that is rapidly expanding in use, especially in emergency and critical care medicine. Performed by appropriately trained clinicians, typically not cardiologists, FoCUS ascertains the essential information needed in critical scenarios for time-sensitive clinical decision making. A need exists for quality evidence-based review and clinical recommendations on its use. METHODS: The World Interactive Network Focused on Critical UltraSound conducted an international, multispecialty, evidence-based, methodologically rigorous consensus process on FoCUS. Thirty-three experts from 16 countries were involved. A systematic multiple-database, double-track literature search (January 1980 to September 2013) was performed. The Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation method was used to determine the quality of available evidence and subsequent development of the recommendations. Evidence-based panel judgment and consensus was collected and analyzed by means of the RAND appropriateness method. RESULTS: During four conferences (in New Delhi, Milan, Boston, and Barcelona), 108 statements were elaborated and discussed. Face-to-face debates were held in two rounds using the modified Delphi technique. Disagreement occurred for 10 statements. Weak or conditional recommendations were made for two statements and strong or very strong recommendations for 96. These recommendations delineate the nature, applications, technique, potential benefits, clinical integration, education, and certification principles for FoCUS, both for adults and pediatric patients. CONCLUSIONS: This document presents the results of the first International Conference on FoCUS. For the first time, evidence-based clinical recommendations comprehensively address this branch of point-of-care ultrasound, providing a framework for FoCUS to standardize its application in different clinical settings around the world.
BACKGROUND: Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a simplified, clinician-performed application of echocardiography that is rapidly expanding in use, especially in emergency and critical care medicine. Performed by appropriately trained clinicians, typically not cardiologists, FoCUS ascertains the essential information needed in critical scenarios for time-sensitive clinical decision making. A need exists for quality evidence-based review and clinical recommendations on its use. METHODS: The World Interactive Network Focused on Critical UltraSound conducted an international, multispecialty, evidence-based, methodologically rigorous consensus process on FoCUS. Thirty-three experts from 16 countries were involved. A systematic multiple-database, double-track literature search (January 1980 to September 2013) was performed. The Grading of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation method was used to determine the quality of available evidence and subsequent development of the recommendations. Evidence-based panel judgment and consensus was collected and analyzed by means of the RAND appropriateness method. RESULTS: During four conferences (in New Delhi, Milan, Boston, and Barcelona), 108 statements were elaborated and discussed. Face-to-face debates were held in two rounds using the modified Delphi technique. Disagreement occurred for 10 statements. Weak or conditional recommendations were made for two statements and strong or very strong recommendations for 96. These recommendations delineate the nature, applications, technique, potential benefits, clinical integration, education, and certification principles for FoCUS, both for adults and pediatric patients. CONCLUSIONS: This document presents the results of the first International Conference on FoCUS. For the first time, evidence-based clinical recommendations comprehensively address this branch of point-of-care ultrasound, providing a framework for FoCUS to standardize its application in different clinical settings around the world.
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